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Thread: 10½" SBR ammo test
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25 June 2016, 07:53 #16
For sure. Those Barnes bullets would work like a charm I think although I have exactly zero experience with them. For a buck fifty a round it could be an option. I hear nothing but stellar reviews of all the grain weights with those.
My propensity is to lean to a heavier bullet myself but the 55gr plinker rounds are super cheap.
As for matching the TAP load if you are reloading I don't think it will be a challenge at all to match the velocities. I had a bunch of notes that I packed away before my trip showing my chronographed velocities using 75 and 77 grain bullets but I don't know where those notes are. l have a box of 75 gr that needs to be tested out still but in my opinion just getting to those velocities is not a problem at all for an average reloader but so far the 75gr seems like my go to choice for the price/benefit ratio. I will let you know what load I come up with.
For me my likelihood of shooting anyone with an SBR is pretty low but my likelihood of shooting a few pigs with one is pretty damn high.
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25 June 2016, 08:06 #17
Now that you mention it it might be interesting to see the velocities of the 55gr Barnes out of a 10.5 and see what kind of terminal ballistics it offers.
It would be a possible great option for people who keep that 'special mag' for SD purposes.
My needs though is that if I go out and shoot pigs the price point for those rounds is a bit too much for me.
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25 June 2016, 08:08 #18
I only use the Barnes for my 300 BLK as that caliber generally has shitty terminal ballistics out of any other round. Gold Dot for .223, 9mm and 6.8 SPC. But, yeah, I went with the 64gr for the .223.
I think you're missing the point of the TAP SBR round. It's not about velocity. It's about not being a flame thrower. The velocities out of the round are actually kind of anemic, making it only a 75-100 yard round (if you want effective terminal ballistics) but the trade off is worth to some, in certain situations. Like, if you shoot people inside houses in the dark.
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